THE "WHITTEN PRIVATE COLLECTION"
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SOME NOTABLE SPECIMENS INCLUDE:
THE WORLD'S LARGEST BEETLES

Titanus giganteus, Goliathus goliathus, Goliathus regius, Goliathus meleagris, Chalcosoma atlas, Dynastes hercules, Dynastes neptunes, Megasoma elephas, Megasoma acteon, Megasoma mars, Macrodontia cervicornis, Macrodontia dejeni, Callipogon armillatus, Callipogon barbatus, and many, many others!
THE WORLD'S LARGEST BUTTERFLIES
Ornithoptera alexandrae, Ornithoptera victorae regina, Ornithoptera goliath, etc.
THE WORLD'S LARGEST MOTHS
Attacus atlas, Attacus imperator, Attacus lorquini, Attacus caesar, Argema mitrei, Actias selene, Coscinocera hercules, etc.
THE WORLD'S LARGEST TRUE BUGS
Lethoceros sp.
THE WORLD'S LARGEST SCORPIONS
Pandinus imperator
THE WORLD'S LARGEST CRUSTACEANS
Alaskan King Crab, Giant Maine Lobster, Giant Spider Crab
THE WORLD'S LARGEST SPIDERS
Theraposa leblondi and other Giant Tarantulas and “Bird-Eating Spiders”.
AS WELL AS THE WORLD'S LARGEST
Millipedes, Centipedes, Dragonflies, Damselflies, Ants, Stick Insects, Roaches, Termites, etc., etc.
THE WORLD'S RAREST BUTTERFLIES
Ornitheptera paradisea, Ornithoptera tithonius, Ornithoptera chimaera, Ornithoptera victorae (all subspecies), Ornithoptera alexandrae, Ornithoptera croesus croesus, Ornithoptera rothschildi, Ornithoptera goliath goliath, Ornithoptera goliath procus, as well as most Troides, Troganoptera and Ripponia
Please Note that all of these "protected", and often, "endangered" Birdwing butterflies were obtained over 30 years ago from old collections. It has been illegal to buy, sell, or trade, Ornithoptera sp. for many years !!!"
THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS ARTHROPODS (poisonous)
The “Sydney Funnel-Web", Black Widow, Red Widow, and Brown Recluse Spiders. Various Centruroides and other Deadly Scorpion species. Dangerous Scolopendra and other Centipedes. Killer Bees, Bullet Ants, Tritomid Bugs. Mosquitoes, Sandflies, Blackflies, Horseflies and Tsetse flies which transmit Malaria, Filariasis, Arbovirus, Yellow Fever, Encephalitis, Dengue fever, Leishmaniasis, Trypanosomiasis, Sleeping sickness, etc. Fleas (Plague, Murine, Typhus, Tungiasis). Cone-nose bugs (Chagas disease, meningoencephalitis). Ticks (Haemorrhagic virus, Relapsing fever). - and other "medically important" arthropods.
Please Note that these and all other specimens on display are dead, preserved, and harmless !!!"
THE WORLD'S DEADLIEST ARTHROPODS “Parasitic/Disease Carrying”
Malaria mosquito, Dengue bug, Yellow-Fever Mosquito, Arbo-Virus Tick, Bubonic Plague Flea, Sleeping-Sickness fly, etc
THE WORLD'S LONGEST INSECTS
Giant Walking-Sticks and Walking Leaves (Phasmidae).
The collection contains the majority of the largest, strangest, and most bizarre species of these insects!!
THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL BEETLES
Plusiotis sp.(the famous Gold, Silver, Green and Scarlet "metalic beetles" of Costa Rica), the Buprestidae (the "metallic" wood-boring beetles of Indonesia), the Chrysomellidae, Carabidae, etc.
THE FAMOUS “EGYPTIAN SACRED

SCARABS"

Scarabaeus sp., Heliocopris sp., Phanaeus sp., etc.
The list could go on and on , space permitting!